Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
DRAINAGE OF ABSCESS OF DEEP TISSUE OF UPPER OR MIDDLE SPINE
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Low
$542
Average
$4.7k
Median
$2.7k
High
$37.0k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. Morgantown, WV | $18.4k | $18.4k | — | — | 1–10 | $18.4k – $18.4k |
| 2 | USA Health University Hospital Mobile, AL | $836 | $836 | — | — | — | $836 – $836 |
| 3 | St Joseph Regional Health Network Reading, PA | $9.5k | $10.3k | $3.0k | 29% | — | $4.7k – $14.7k |
| 4 | Mercy Health Services-Iowa Corp. Mason City, IA | $2.6k | $2.9k | $418 | 15% | — | $1.3k – $3.3k |
| 5 | Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MO | $2.1k | $2.1k | $303 | 14% | — | $1.7k – $2.5k |
| 6 | Adventist Health Mendocino Coast Bragg, CA | $3.3k | $3.3k | — | — | — | $3.3k – $3.3k |
| 7 | Children's National Hospital Washington, DC | $1.8k | $1.8k | $163 | 9% | — | $1.6k – $2.0k |
| 8 | Gulf Coast Medical Center FORT MYERS, FL | $1.6k | $2.1k | $1.7k | 80% | — | $362 – $4.4k |
| 9 | Mayo Clinic Health System Mankato 56001-4752 | $2.4k | $2.7k | $869 | 32% | — | $2.1k – $5.0k |
| 10 | Northside Hospital, Inc. Lawrenceville, GA | $35k | $37.0k | $10.5k | 28% | — | $18.6k – $50k |
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